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retention 音标拼音: [rit'ɛnʃən] 保留,保持 保留,保持 retention保留 保持 retention n 1: the act of retaining something [ synonym: { retention}, { keeping}, { holding}] 2: the power of retaining and recalling past experience; " he had a good memory when he was younger" [ synonym: { memory}, { retention}, { retentiveness}, { retentivity}] 3: the power of retaining liquid; " moisture retentivity of soil" [ synonym: { retentiveness}, { retentivity}, { retention}] Retention \ Re* ten" tion\, n. [ L. retentio: cf. F. r[' e] tention. See { Retain}.] 1. The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The power of retaining; retentiveness. [ 1913 Webster] No woman' s heart So big, to hold so much; they lack retention. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. That which contains something, as a tablet; a ???? of preserving impressions. [ R.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. The act of withholding; retraint; reserve. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Place of custody or confinement. [ 1913 Webster] 6. ( Law) The right of withholding a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid; a lien. -- Erskine. Craig. [ 1913 Webster] { Retention cyst} ( Med.), a cyst produced by obstruction of a duct leading from a secreting organ and the consequent retention of the natural secretions. [ 1913 Webster] 63 Moby Thesaurus words for " retention": abnegation, adhesiveness, bullheadedness, camera- eye, cohesiveness, consistency, contradiction, declension, declination, declinature, declining, denial, deprivation, disagreement, disallowance, disclaimer, disclamation, disobedience, dissent, eidetic memory, gluiness, glutinosity, gumminess, holding back, memory span, nay, negation, negative, negative answer, nix, no, nonacceptance, noncompliance, nonconsent, nonobservance, obstinacy, persistence, persistency, photographic memory, recantation, refusal, rejection, repudiation, retentive memory, retentiveness, retentivity, snugness, stick- to- itiveness, stickiness, stubbornness, tackiness, tenaciousness, tenacity, thumbs- down, tightness, total memory, total recall, toughness, turndown, unwillingness, viscidity, viscosity, withholding
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